Bengal Street Food–Beetroot Cutlet

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This is street food from West Bengal. Street food….mmmm, you know it’s going to be great!

Beetroot Cutlet

Ingredients

• Beetroot- 4, grated.
• Carrot- 2, grated.
• Potato- 2, boiled and mashed.
• Green chili- 1, fine paste.
• Green peas- 1 cup
• Peanut- 1/2 cup, crushed coarsely.
• dry coconut – 1 tsp
• Salt – taste
• Oil- 1 tbsp.
• Cilantro – handful, finely chopped.
• bread crumbs – 2 cups
• All purpose flour/ cornstarch – 2 tbsp.
• water – 1 cup

For shallow frying:

• Oil – 3 tbsp.

Dry roast the below ingredients till you get an aroma.  When they cool, grind the spices finely.

• Cumin seeds – 1tsp
• Fennel seeds – 1tsp
• Dry red chilies – 2
• Black peppercorns – 10
• Cloves – 5

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan to medium, add green chilies sauté for a minute.
2. Add peanuts, sauté till slightly brown.
3. Add beetroot, carrot and peas sauté till half done.
4. Add about 2 tsps. of the dry roasted and ground spices. Mix well.
5. When the vegetables are cooked add mashed potato, dry coconut, salt and cilantro mix well.
6. make them into small patties and set aside.
7. mix water and all-purpose flour/corn starch in a bowl.
8. put bread crumbs in a small tray or plate.
9. Dip each patty into the flour mixture and then into breadcrumbs.
10. Heat oil in a pan to medium.
11. Shallow fry the patties until golden brown.

Serve with mint chutney or ketchup.